“To help tackle the impact of a senior population projected to grow by
135 percent by 2050, PIM™ deploys community-based palliative care teams
complemented by predictive analytics, and identifies individuals earlier
in the disease trajectory to support patient and family caregiver
engagement,” says Greer Myers, president, Turn-Key Health. “For
payer-driven population health programs, this approach has a positive,
significant impact on the overall economic healthcare burden, mitigating
patient and caregiver financial consequences and improving
member/patient satisfaction.”

Myers adds that seniors with life-limiting illnesses often suffer
through unnecessary, even harmful treatments despite overriding expert
opinion that, at some point, more disease treatment does not equal
better care. Nevertheless, 40+ percent of these households face medical
bills that exceed their financial assets.

PIM™ is a specialized approach that relies upon an interdisciplinary,
medically directed team of healthcare professionals, including a
physician, nurses practicing at the top of their license, home health
aides, social workers, spiritual support and volunteers executing on a
strategy that is holistic, data-driven and evidence-based.

Myers concludes, “In conjunction with the treating physician, the nurse
and social worker-led palliative care team establishes goals of care and
develops care plans. This approach helps to support decision-making,
measure and demonstrate the value of care to the patient, and enhance
reporting to the healthcare system and payer.”